Meet Sara Horowitz, labor entrepreneur

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One concept she landed on, and that she makes reference to in the video above (taken from BigThink), is "labor entrpreneurship." Horowitz pointed out to me that labor unions used to be engaged a lot of entrpreneurial activity, including building worker housing and starting banks, before they became more dependent on coportations to provide what they need.